The Serial Killer Support Group by D.B. Stephens
#TheSerialKillerSupportGroup #DBStephens
https://damppebbles.com/2025/05/08/bookreview-the-serial-killer-support-group-by-d-b-stephens/
The Serial Killer Support Group by D.B. Stephens
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https://damppebbles.com/2025/05/08/bookreview-the-serial-killer-support-group-by-d-b-stephens/
“Justice will be served… Therapy just got deadly When Jess Pendle agrees to attend a support group to meet other women who have lived similar experiences, she doesn’t expect much. The group h…
The Man Made of Smoke by Alex North
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https://damppebbles.com/2025/05/13/bookreview-the-man-made-of-smoke-by-alex-north/
“You never forget the day you meet a serial killer. Dan was just a teenager when he had a chance encounter with the elusive killer known only as “the man made of smoke”. Nobody could blame hi…
Vengeance Is Mine by Michael Wood
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https://damppebbles.com/2025/05/15/bookreview-vengeance-is-mine-by-michael-wood/
“A GRUESOME MURDER Twenty years ago, a young girl vanished from a quiet street in Northumberland. When her body was found in an attic close to her home, the whole neighbourhood was shocked. A…
They Had It Coming by Nikki Smith
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https://damppebbles.com/2025/05/20/bookreview-they-had-it-coming-by-nikki-smith/
“Keep your friends close and your enemies closer . . . Nate and Layla, Jude and Sophie. They’ve been a four for as long as they can remember: fancy dinners, dancing ’til dawn . . …
The Gathering by C.J. Tudor
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https://damppebbles.com/2025/05/22/bookreview-the-gathering-by-c-j-tudor/
“WELCOME TO DEADHART. ALASKA. POPULATION 673. LIVING. A boy is found with his throat ripped out, the blood drained from his body. It’s not the first such killing, and the town knows who to bl…
The Examiner by Janice Hallett
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https://damppebbles.com/2025/05/27/bookreview-the-examiner-by-janice-hallett/
“Six Students. One Murder. Your Time Starts Now… The mature students of Royal Hastings University’s new art course have been nothing but trouble. From accusations of theft and set…
The Palazzo by Kayte Nunn
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https://damppebbles.com/2025/05/29/blogtour-bookreview-the-palazzo-by-kayte-nunn/
“They’re all killers, but only one will resort to murder. The stunning new novel from international bestseller Kayte Nunn, for all fans of Lucy Foley and White Lotus. Successful beauty …
The Book of Guilt by Catherine Chidgey
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https://damppebbles.com/2025/06/03/bookreview-the-book-of-guilt-by-catherine-chidgey/
“MORNING, AFTERNOON, NIGHT. THE MOTHERS ARE ALWAYS WATCHING . . . England, 1979. Vincent, Lawrence and William are the last remaining residents of a secluded New Forest home, part of the gove…
How the Other Half Die by Rachel North
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https://damppebbles.com/2025/06/05/bookreview-how-the-other-half-die-by-rachel-north/
“Privilege has a price. But who will pay it? On the eve of her seventieth birthday, Geri gathers her brother’s spoilt adult children together on the family’s private island and te…
The Countdown Killer by Sam Holland
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https://damppebbles.com/2025/06/10/bookreview-the-countdown-killer-by-sam-holland/
“He’s tracking people down one by one And you’re next on the list… A MAN MURDERED, LIVE ON CAMERA When a DVD is delivered in the dead of night, DCI Cara Elliott hits play on a hor…
Dear Future Me by Deborah O'Connor
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https://damppebbles.com/2025/06/12/blogtour-bookreview-dear-future-me-by-deborah-oconnor/
“Twenty years ago, a group of students each wrote themselves a letter – Dear Future Me – confiding their deepest dreams and their very darkest secrets. Now the letters, thought lo…
We Live Here Now by Sarah Pinborough
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https://damppebbles.com/2025/06/17/bookreview-we-live-here-now-by-sarah-pinborough/
“If their new home doesn’t break them, their secrets will… When Emily wakes from a coma following an accident that nearly kills her, she finds herself agreeing to move from London…
Chasing Shadows by Robert Bryndza
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https://damppebbles.com/2025/06/19/bookreview-chasing-shadows-by-robert-bryndza/
“In a world of lies. . . The truth hides in the shadows In a deadly game of cat and mouse, Detective Erika Foster confronts her greatest nemesis—where the lines of justice blur and secrets un…
Actually, I'm a Murderer by Terry Deary
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https://damppebbles.com/2025/06/24/bookreview-actually-im-a-murderer-by-terry-deary/
“A hilarious and whip-smart crime novel by the multimillion-copy bestselling author of the Horrible Histories. The perfect mystery for fans of Anthony Horowitz, Richard Osman and Janice Halle…
With a Vengeance by Riley Sager
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https://damppebbles.com/2025/06/26/bookreview-with-a-vengeance-by-riley-sager/
“In 1942, six people destroyed Anna Matheson’s family. Twelve years later, she’s ready for retribution. Under false pretences, Anna has lured those responsible for her family̵…
Believe by S.M. Govett
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https://damppebbles.com/2025/07/01/bookreview-believe-by-s-m-govett/
“She Can’t Trust the Law. She Can’t Trust Her Husband. Worst of All – She Can’t Trust Herself. Natalie has spent ten years trying to get over the twin set of events which changed her li…
Killer on the Road by Stephen Graham Jones
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https://damppebbles.com/2025/07/03/bookreview-killer-on-the-road-by-stephen-graham-jones/
“A pulse-pounding and blood-soaked tale of survival on the highway as a hitchhiking teenager is thrust into a deadly game of cat and mouse with a brutal serial killer. Perfect for fans of Gra…
Kill Your Darlings by Peter Swanson
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https://damppebbles.com/2025/07/08/bookreview-kill-your-darlings-by-peter-swanson/
“What if the only way to bury the truth is to bury your husband? The first attempt at killing her husband was the night of the dinner party. After forty years, Thom Graves has become an incre…
The Six Murders of Daphne St Clair by MacKenzie Common
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“Meet Daphne St Clair: glamorous ninety-year-old grandmother, care home resident, and your new favourite serial killer. Meet Ruth Robinson: aspiring true crime podcaster, hunting for a killer…
The Break-In by Katherine Faulkner
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https://damppebbles.com/2025/07/15/bookreview-the-break-in-by-katherine-faulkner/
“You know who. You don’t know why. Alice only meant to stop the intruder. She didn’t mean to hit him so hard. She didn’t mean to kill him. The police conclude that she acted…
We Are All Guilty Here by Karin Slaughter
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https://damppebbles.com/2025/07/17/bookreview-we-are-all-guilty-here-by-karin-slaughter/
“Welcome to North Falls. A small town where everyone knows everyone. But nobody knows the truth. Emmy Clifton has lived here all her life. She thinks she knows her neighbours. She’s wro…
The Stranger in Room Six by Jane Corry
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https://damppebbles.com/2025/07/22/bookreview-the-stranger-in-room-six-by-jane-corry/
“You may not know the stranger in room six. But they know everything about you. It’s been fifteen years since Belinda was convicted of her husband’s murder. Now, she’s ready…
We Solve Murders by Richard Osman
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https://damppebbles.com/2025/07/24/bookreview-we-solve-murders-by-richard-osman/
“Solving murders. It’s a family business. Steve Wheeler is enjoying retired life. He still does the odd bit of investigation work, but he prefers the pub quiz and afternoons at home wit…
The Wasp Trap by Mark Edwards
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https://damppebbles.com/2025/07/29/bookreview-the-wasp-trap-by-mark-edwards/
“Summer 1999. Will joins five other idealistic graduates working for an eccentric psychology professor. They’re going to launch a website to change online dating forever. No-one expects it to…
The God of the Woods by Liz Moore
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https://damppebbles.com/2025/07/31/bookreview-the-god-of-the-woods-by-liz-moore/
“AN INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER AN AMAZON BEST BOOK OF 2024 WINNER OF GOODREADS MYSTERY & THRILLER BOOK OF THE YEAR 2024 When their thirteen-year-old daughter Barbara goes missing at summer …
The Compound by Aisling Rawle
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https://damppebbles.com/2025/08/05/bookreview-the-compound-by-aisling-rawle/
“You wake up in a compound in the middle of the desert, along with nine other women. All of you are young, all beautiful, all keen to escape the grinding poverty, political unrest and environ…
The Mercy Chair by M.W. Craven
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https://damppebbles.com/2025/08/07/bookreview-the-mercy-chair-by-m-w-craven/
“Are you sitting comfortably? Then I’ll begin . . . Washington Poe has a story to tell. And he needs you to listen. You’ll hear how it started with the robber birds. Crows. Dozens…
The Outback by Sara Ochs
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https://damppebbles.com/2025/08/12/bookreview-the-outback-by-sara-ochs/
“It was supposed to be paradise. For one group of friends, it’s a study abroad program like no other: a month-long adventure filled with sunshine, whirlwind romances, and all-night parties. B…
The Final Vow by M.W. Craven
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https://damppebbles.com/2025/08/14/bookreview-the-final-vow-by-m-w-craven/
“An invisible killer with a 100% success rate. No one is safe. Not even those closest to Washington Poe . . . A shooting at Gretna Green. A bride is murdered on her wedding day, seconds after…
The Night I Killed Him by Gill Perdue
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https://damppebbles.com/2025/08/19/bookreview-the-night-i-killed-him-by-gill-perdue/
“The world of beloved influencer, Gemma Fitzgerald, seems ready to implode when the body of her brother, Max – who disappeared 18 years earlier – is washed up on a beach. Everyone thought Max…
How to Survive a Horror Movie by Scarlett Dunmore
#HowtoSurviveaHorrorMovie #ScarlettDunmore
https://damppebbles.com/2025/08/21/bookreview-how-to-survive-a-horror-movie-by-scarlett-dunmore/
“Horror movie enthusiast Charley is determined to keep a low profile when she’s enrolled to a girls’ boarding school on a remote island. That is, until someone starts killing off …
The Lost Victim by Robert Bryndza
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https://damppebbles.com/2025/08/26/bookreview-the-lost-victim-by-robert-bryndza/
“When schoolgirl Janey Macklin disappeared from the seedy side of London in 1988, her case went cold, with no body and no witnesses. Now, thirty years later, private detective Kate Marshall h…
Heads Will Roll by Josh Winning
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https://damppebbles.com/2025/08/28/bookreview-heads-will-roll-by-josh-winning/
“Willow is in need of an escape. A former sitcom star, she’s been publicly shamed on the internet after posting something she really shouldn’t have. She checks in to Camp Castaway, an adults-…
The Lifeline by Libby Page
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https://damppebbles.com/2025/09/02/bookreview-the-lifeline-by-libby-page/
“Everybody needs saving sometimes… For Kate, having a newborn baby means she is almost never alone. But that doesn’t mean she isn’t lonely. The move from London to Somerset …
Estella's Revenge by Barbara Havelocke
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https://damppebbles.com/2025/09/04/bookreview-estellas-revenge-by-barbara-havelocke/
“You know Miss Havisham. The world’s most famous jilted bride. This is her daughter’s story. Raised in the darkness of Satis House where the clocks never tick, the beautiful Estella is …
House of Bone and Rain by Gabino Iglesias
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https://damppebbles.com/2025/09/09/bookreview-house-of-bone-and-rain-by-gabino-iglesias/
“From the Shirley Jackson and Bram Stoker Award-winning author of The Devil Takes You Home, a group of five teenage boys in Puerto Rico seek vengeance after one of their mothers is murdered. …
Influencer by Adam Cesare
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https://damppebbles.com/2025/09/11/bookreview-influencer-by-adam-cesare/
“FOLLOW HIM OR DIE. When The Speaker posts, his followers must listen … no matter the consequences. Exposed as the masked social media influencer The Speaker by shy misfit Crystal, Aaro…
Fiend by Alma Katsu
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https://damppebbles.com/2025/09/17/bookreview-fiend-by-alma-katsu/
“Some families have skeletons in their closets. This one has a demon in its boardroom. When Maris Berisha was nine years old, she heard something scratching at the walls of her family’s…
How to Survive a Horror Sequel by Scarlett Dunmore
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https://damppebbles.com/2025/09/18/bookreview-how-to-survive-a-horror-sequel-by-scarlett-dunmore/
“Can you be a final girl and survive your own horror movie – twice? Almost a year after the horrors of Harrogate, Charley is slowly regaining some semblance of a normal life in a small …
The Impossible Fortune by Richard Osman
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https://damppebbles.com/2025/09/25/bookreview-the-impossible-fortune-by-richard-osman/
“Who’s got time to think about murder when there’s a wedding to plan? It’s been a quiet year for the Thursday Murder Club. Joyce is busy with table plans and first dances. Elizabe…
59 Minutes by Holly Seddon
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https://damppebbles.com/2025/09/26/bookreview-59-minutes-by-holly-seddon/
“If you knew you had fifty-nine minutes until everything and everyone you love would be lost forever, what would you do with that time? It’s an ordinary evening. People are coming home …
Legacy by Chris Hammer
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https://damppebbles.com/2025/09/30/bookreview-legacy-by-chris-hammer/
“MARTIN SCARSDEN IS ON THE RUN. WILL THE DESERT SAVE HIM – OR BURY HIM? A bomb at his book launch. Gunfire in his hometown. Someone wants journalist Martin Scarsden dead. Fleeing for hi…
Ring the Bells by C.K. McDonnell
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https://damppebbles.com/2025/10/09/bookreview-ring-the-bells-by-c-k-mcdonnell/
“It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas . . . For most people, that means a time of celebration, relaxation and inebriation, but not for the staff of The Stranger Times. While a book clu…
The Othello Club by J.D. Pennington
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https://damppebbles.com/2025/10/14/bookreview-the-othello-club-by-j-d-pennington/
“Emily had the perfect life – the perfect job, the perfect house, the perfect husband – before she was blindsided and betrayed and lost it all. Now she’s sitting in a divorce counsellin…
The Captive by Kit Burgoyne
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https://damppebbles.com/2025/10/16/bookreview-the-captive-by-kit-burgoyne/
“A darkly comedic, cinematic horror about a revolutionary group who kidnap an heiress, only to discover she’s pregnant with the antichrist, and she’s about to give birth. Underground revoluti…
Darker Days by Thomas Olde Heuvelt
#DarkerDays #ThomasOldeHeuvelt
https://damppebbles.com/2025/10/23/blogtour-bookreview-darker-days-by-thomas-olde-heuvelt/
“In Lock Haven, a quiet little town in Washington State, there is a very special street. Bird Street. The residents of Bird Street are all successful, wealthy, healthy and happy. And their ch…
No Safe Place by Hannah Brennan
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https://damppebbles.com/2025/10/24/bookreview-no-safe-place-by-hannah-brennan/
“You can’t hide from the past… Fifteen years ago, five vulnerable teenagers took part in a life-changing study of OCD. Now, their psychologist has been brutally stabbed and left for dea…
The Man Who Died Twice by Richard Osman
#TheManWhoDiedTwice #RichardOsman
https://damppebbles.com/2025/10/30/bookreview-the-man-who-died-twice-by-richard-osman/
“It’s the following Thursday. Elizabeth has received a letter from an old colleague, a man with whom she has a long history. He’s made a big mistake, and he needs her help. His st…
Serial Killer Support Group by Saratoga Schaefer
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https://damppebbles.com/2025/11/18/bookreview-serial-killer-support-group-by-saratoga-schaefer/
“When Cyra Griffin’s younger sister is murdered by a serial killer, Cyra knows better than to expect justice from the hands of the police department. With the investigation already dying its …
The Autumn Springs Retirement Home Massacre by Philip Fracassi
#TheAutumnSpringsRetirementHomeMassacre #PhilipFracassi
“Burgeoning with dark humour, violence and mystery, The Autumn Springs Retirement Home Massacre is a blood-soaked slasher sure to keep readers flinching, laughing, and guessing until the very…
The Afterparty by Ruth Kelly
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https://damppebbles.com/2025/11/20/bookreview-the-afterparty-by-ruth-kelly/
“She was your best friend. Now she’s missing. And everyone suspects you. People drift apart. You and Georgie were inseparable once; she knew you better than anyone. But that was then. N…
The Place Where They Buried Your Heart by Christina Henry
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“On an otherwise ordinary street in Chicago, there is a house. An abandoned house where, once upon a time, terrible things happened. The children who live on this block are told by their pare…
The Lake by Catherine Cooper
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https://damppebbles.com/2025/11/26/bookreview-the-lake-by-catherine-cooper/
“A remote Scottish lake The guests arriving at Creaglie Castle are expecting discreet luxury, panoramic views, and perhaps a glimpse of one of its infamous ghosts. No means of escape When a v…
The Confessions by Paul Bradley Carr
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https://damppebbles.com/2025/11/27/bookreview-the-confessions-by-paul-bradley-carr/
“LLIAM, what do I want for dinner? LLIAM, how can I get a better job? LLIAM, should I kill my husband? AI bot LLIAM powers society – but today, he went offline. Shops shut, planes were …
The Drop by S.R. Masters
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https://damppebbles.com/2025/12/02/bookreview-the-drop-by-s-r-masters/
The Whistler by S.W. Kane
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https://damppebbles.com/2025/12/03/bookreview-the-whistler-by-s-w-kane/
“One is chasing justice. One is chasing the past. Both are being followed. Deep beneath London, urban explorer Connie Darke stumbles across a mutilated body in the city’s decaying sewer syste…
Mimik by Sebastian Fitzek
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https://damppebbles.com/2025/12/04/bookreview-mimik-by-sebastian-fitzek/
“Hannah can always spot a killer. Until she looks in the mirror. Hannah Herbst is Germany’s most experienced facial resonance expert. She can successfully ‘read’ a suspect t…
Horror Movie by Paul Tremblay
#HorrorMovie #PaulTremblay
https://damppebbles.com/2025/12/09/bookreview-horror-movie-by-paul-tremblay/
“Summer, 1993 – a group of young guerrilla filmmakers spend four weeks making Horror Movie, a notorious, disturbing, art-house horror film. The weird part? Only three of the film’s scen…
Broken Girls by Joy Kluver
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https://damppebbles.com/2025/12/10/bookreview-broken-girls-by-joy-kluver/
“The woman is dark-haired and young, judging by the short red dress. Any other signs of her identity have been erased during her long wait to be found, but it’s clear she was strangled: this …
Honeycomb by S.B. Caves
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https://damppebbles.com/2025/12/11/bookreview-honeycomb-by-s-b-caves/
“Amanda Pearson was once the hottest rising star in the music world. Not anymore. Washed up, broke and directionless following a public breakdown, she is certain she will never be adored agai…
Love Kills by David Jackson
#LoveKills #DavidJackson
https://damppebbles.com/2025/12/16/bookreview-love-kills-by-david-jackson/
“HE’LL BREAK YOUR HEART. LITERALLY. Franklin B Goodman wants to spread love wherever he goes. But love is an emotion he doesn’t understand. In Franklin’s dangerously warped mind, a damaged re…